NASSAU, Bahamas – Juniors JT Shumate and Setric Millner Jr. registered double-doubles and Toledo held off a hard-charging Tulane squad in a 68-67 semifinal victory over the Green Wave on Tuesday evening at the Baha Mar Hoops Nassau Championship. The Rockets (4-1) will face Coastal Carolina (2-1) in the championship game tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m.

Shumate paced the Rockets with 19 points to go along with 10 rebounds, while Millner tallied 18 points and a game-high 12 boards. Sophomore Ryan Rollins scored 16 points and joined his backcourt mates, RayJ Dennis and Ra'Heim Moss, with six rebounds apiece.

Toledo dominated the glass, 53-33, thanks to grabbing 20 boards on the offensive end. The Rockets limited the Green Wave (2-3) to just seven offensive rebounds and held a 17-9 advantage in second-chance points.

"We played well offensively in the first half but then we got stagnant," Head Coach Tod Kowalczyk said. "Their zone defense is good and that's how they play. They want the game to be in the 50s, and we want the game to be in the 80s. They are a tough, physical team and the way we rebounded against them was huge."

Rollins' jumper from the free-throw line with 1:23 remaining gave the Rockets a 68-65 lead and proved to be the game-winning basket. Redshirt freshman guard Jalen Cook's layup with 29.3 seconds to play made it a one-point game. Shumate missed the front end of a one-and-one with 20.9 seconds left, but Rollins' defense caused Cook to miss a tough shot just outside the lane at the buzzer.

Cook, a transfer from LSU, was the only Tulane player to score in double digits, finishing with a game-high 25 points.

The Rockets shot just 36.9 percent from the field but limited the Green Wave to a 41.0 FG%, including a 6-of-26 effort (23.1 percent) from behind the three-point arc. Toledo did outshoot Tulane from the charity stripe, knocking down 16-of-22 attempts compared to the Green Wave's 11-of-20 totals.

HOW IT HAPPENED

FIRST HALF

• Tulane led for the only time in the contest in the first two minutes.
• JT Shumate's three-pointer put the Rockets in front, 15-7, with 16:15 remaining in the half.
• The Rockets maintained at least a four-point margin until DeVon Baker nailed a triple to bring the Green Wave within 26-24 at the 8:40 mark.
• RayJ Dennis' three-pointer four minutes later ignited a 7-0 spurt that gave Toledo its first double-digit cushion, 38-28, with 3:04 remaining.
• Scott Spencer's three-pointer brought the Green Wave within 40-32 in the final minute and ended an eight-minute stretch without a field goal.
• Ra'Heim Moss' driving layup four seconds before intermission provided the Rockets a 42-32 lead at intermission.

SECOND HALF

• The Green Wave cut into Toledo's advantage immediately after the break with a 7-1 spurt, but Ryan Rollins' dunk ended that run and sparked a 6-0 burst that gave the Rockets a 49-39 lead.
• Tulane didn't go away and closed within 51-50, but Shumate responded with a putback for a three-point lead with 10:52 to play.
• The Rockets bumped their lead back up to 60-54 four minutes later but saw the Green Wave rally again to within 60-59 with 5:42 left.
• Setric Millner, Jr. and Rollins answered with baskets on Toledo's next two possessions for a 64-59 lead a minute later.
• Tulane came within a point on three occasions during the final four minutes but could never take the lead.